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www.manxmusic.com KIAULL MANNINAGH JIU manx music today mean souree - june 2011 Manx and traditional music at the Mananan Festival Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin King Chiaullee 20th June, 8pm Horses Brawl Duo 28th June, 8pm Award-winning Manx band King Chiaullee will play Feisty genre-crossing duo Horses Brawl join the at the Mananan Festival for the fi rst time this June. Mananan International Festival programme in With fi ddle and bouzouki player Adam Rhodes now June. The duo of Laura Cannell (fi ddle/recorders/ living in Scotland, Manx audiences have had little crumhorn) and Adrian Lever (guitar) draw listeners opportunity to sample the delights of their highly into a world where driving folk rhythms collide energetic arrangements of Manx and original tunes in with the high and low musical cultures of ancient recent times. This gig will showcase tracks from their Europe and beyond. Improvising around phrases and three albums and give a taste of the band’s musical fragments of music drawn from over eight centuries journey over the past fi fteen years. they transform them into their own mesmerising and King Chiaullee’s music has featured on BBC Radio 3, spellbinding compositions. Celtic Music Radio and they have received fantastic Their cutting-edge take on early and traditional reviews in many magazines and newspapers. The music has seen them perform at festivals, folk clubs band have toured Italy, Brittany, America, Canada and as well as make many live broadcasts on BBC Radio. have recently featured at two of the world’s largest Their third album WILD LAMENT was released in June Celtic music festivals - Festival Interceltique de Lorient 2009 to excellent reviews. in Brittany and Celtic Connections in Glasgow. www.horsesbrawl.co.uk www.kciom.com The Mananan Festival brings together a wide range of musics and events with the support of the IOM Arts Council and other businesses and has organised some top class traditional music gigs in recent years including Chris Stout & Catriona McKay and Julie Fowlis. TICKETS: postal booking is now open: Mananan Festival Bookings, Erin Arts Centre, Victoria Square, Port Erin IM9 6LD. Please enclose a SAE with your ticket order and a cheque made payable to MANANAN FESTIVAL. Tickets also available from the Box Offi ce, Erin Arts Centre from June 17th (10:30am – 4:30pm) Phone 832662 email: [email protected] ~ SSESSIONSESSIONS ~ THURS 9pm Singing session at The Brit, Ramsey FRI 8.30pm Tynwald Inn, St. Johns FRI 9pm Irish at The Mitre, Ramsey Folk at the Club (1st or 2nd Fri of month), 8pm, Peel Golf Club Last FRI of month 9pm, Kiaull as Gaelg, Albert, Port St Mary SAT 10pm Manx at The White House, Peel SUN 9pm Colby Glen, Colby kiaull manninagh jiu 7/11 manx heritage foundation Ny Jinnyn placed second - by just one mark - in the Pan-Celtic Song Contest Last month’s KMJ had the breaking news that Ny Jinnyn had just lost out on fi rst place in the Pan-Celtic Song Contest by one mark! Their original song, Sy Ghrianane, was very well received, as the judges’ marks proved. The band is pictured here in Dingle. Ny Jinnyn promoted the Island heavily while in Ireland, playing for dancing, at the Manx night and around the festival. Pan-Celtic delegate, Fiona McArdle, thanked the IOM Arts Council and Manx Heritage Foundation for their support. If you want to enter next year’s Arrane son Mannin competition which selects the song to represent the Island, the Cooish dates are 1-8 October, so get your song-writing hats on! If you need help with a translator, email [email protected] The Gathering has fi nally come together! A new Celtic compilation CD has just been released by Yn Chruinnaght festival. The Gathering features two tracks from each of the Celtic countries, kindly donated by artists who have played at the festival over the years. The CD will raise vital funds for future festivals. Artists include Leski, Trio Froger, Sheear, Never Mind The Bocs, Leo McCann, Pipedown, Staa, Scoot, Imrama, Rachel Hair, ChAI hA DichAI (Lors Landat) and Mabon. It’s a really exciting mix of tracks, with some previously unreleased material which will appeal to Celtic music afi cionados as well as to anyone interested in fi nding out more about our rich and varied Celtic cultural heritage. The Gathering is available from Shakti Man (Ramsey), Peter Norris Music (Douglas) or direct from Yn Chruinnaght Committee members priced £10 or £12 including p&p. Send a cheque made payable to Yn Chruinnaght to: Yn Chruinnaght, MHF Music, The Stable Building, The University Centre, Old Castletown Road, Douglas, IM2 1QB. Online sales through PayPal at: www.ynchruinnaght.com kiaull manninagh jiu 7/11 manx heritage foundation Yn Chruinnaght tickets go on sale! Seven glorious days of Celtic music, dance and song The programme for the 2011 Yn Chruinnaght Inter- Celtic Festival has now been confi rmed. With an exciting line-up including Irish-Breton supergroup Guidewires, Scottish Gaelic songstress Maeve MacKinnon and Cornish dance group Kemysk, there’s something for everyone. Welsh crwth player, Cass Meurig, will be giving a lecture-recital as well as a performance in St John’s Church alongside Breton duo Thomas Moisson and Lors Landat. There’s a healthy mix of free and ticketed events throughout the Island - Peel, Ramsey, St Johns and Douglas. The week kicks off with a visit from Celtic royalty - Capercaillie - at the Villa Marina in Douglas. Special guest groups who’ve joined the programme alongside talented Manx musicians, singers and dancers include young Irish group Mo Chara and Appalachian dance group Shoostring. 18 Capercaillie, Villa Marina, 8pm Tickets £16 from www.villagaiety.com 19 Cass Meurig lecture-recital, 7.30pm FREE 20 Breton Dance Night, Ramsey, 8pm £5/3* 21 St John’s Church, 7.30pm FREE 22 Guidewires, Peel, 8pm £12.50/7.50* 23 Giant Ceili, Douglas, 8pm £6/4* 24 Mooragh Park Displays 2-4pm FREE Maeve MacKinnon Trio, Peel 8pm £12.50/7.50* There are plenty of other events during the week - check the website for full details. *Tickets available from early June in Shakti Man (Ramsey), Celtic Gold (Peel), Peter Norris Music/ Mostly Manx (Douglas), Thompson Travel (Port Erin) or by post from the Festival Offi ce. www.ynchruinnaght.com 07624 425957 18-24 July 2011 kiaull manninagh jiu 7/11 manx heritage foundation Cruinnaght Aeg Secondary Groups competition Pictured here are members of Bee er dty hwoaie (RGS) and Bree who took part in the secondary groups competitions for Cruinnaght Aeg. Also pictured David Kilgallon (adjudicator) and Fiona McArdle (organiser). Bee er dty hwoaie won the Carryn (instrumental) trophy and Bree won one for Arraneys (singing) as well as the Imaginative Interpretation class. All musicians joined together to play tunes like Flitter Dance and Car y Phoosee. There’ll be more Cruinnaght Aeg in June & July! kiaull manninagh jiu 7/11 manx heritage foundation Dan Donnelly returns for two gigs and a song-writing workshop 27-29 June Following on the heels of Nick Harper's awesome gig in the Promenade Suite and Clive Carroll & Amrit Sond's recent acoustic extravaganza in the Villa Marina Arcade, JonnoPromotions has rescheduled the visit by Dan Donnelly originally set up for November last year into a mini-tour in late June. Mon 27 June JonnoPromotions presents Dan Donnelly In Concert at The Studio Theatre, Ballakermeen High School, St Catherine's Drive, Douglas, Isle of Man. Tickets £5 on sale online from www.eTickets.im/jp (19s and under only). Doors 4:30pm, Show 5pm. Tues 28 June JonnoPromotions supported by IOM Arts Council present Dan Donnelly songwriting workshop 7pm at Soundcheck, Douglas Youth Centre, Kensington Road, Douglas - normal admission applies. Wed 29 June, JonnoPromotions presents Dan Donnelly, In Concert, at The Laxey Working Mens' Institute. Tickets £10 on sale online from www.eTickets.im/jp Show 8pm. Local support from Christy D. This will be one of the fi rst commercial events at the LWMI organised by a local promoter. About Dan Donnelly Growing up in Belfast, Dan Donnelly played in a number of local bands, fi nding success in Ireland with Watercress, a four piece acoustic folk-rock/indie band for whom he played guitar, mandolin, percussion and "plumbing" (a home-made didgeridoo). They released six EPs between 1995 and 1998, when they released their one album, "Bummer", all on their own local label, Creeping Herb. The Donnelly-penned "Candlemaker" reached the No.1 position on the Irish Indie Chart. Watercress disbanded in early 2001 and Donnelly moved to New York to pursue a solo career. He has so far released two studio albums, "Bootleg" (2005), and "Yearning a Living" (2007), the latter has received extensive airtime on BBC Radio, as well as one live album "Live in NYC" (2008). Donnelly has also played as a session musician for several artists including Joy Zipper. His recording and touring live band are known by the name, "Sonovagun". In 2009 he returned to the UK to live, and settled in Exeter. Dan has toured extensively, performing solo shows and supporting artists such as The Levellers, Oysterband, Seth Lakeman, Damien Dempsey, and Duke Special. He has also performed as part of the live bands of The Levellers, Oysterband and Joy Zipper. His own live band, Sonovagun, has included Ali McMordie of Stiff Little Fingers on bass guitar and television composer Roy Harter on keyboards and theremin. Donnelly has become a favorite act on the UK summer festival circuit, having performed at Glastonbury Festival's Leftfi eld stage, Beautiful Days festival, The Big Session, and various festivals throughout Europe.